Arm-support fortelephones



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No. 400,520. Patented Apr. 2, 1080.

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* .UNITED STATES CLARENCE E. TTTLE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ARM-SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,520, dated April 2,1889.

Application filed Febrnary 4, 1889. Serial No. 298,595. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States,anda resident of' Chicago, in the county o'f- Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Arm-Supports forTelephones, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimprovement in arm-supports asattached to the jarbox of a telephone; Fig. 2, a View of the back sideof the support remove'd from the box. Fig. 3 is an end View of the boxand a cross-section of the support on line oo, Fig. 1; Fig. 4c,

' a cross-section of Fig. 1 on line z.

The purpose of this invention is to provide substantial and convenientmeans for resting.

the arm which supports'the receiver of a'telephone. To accomplish thisin the most convenient and simple manner, I make the armsupport concaveon top and with a suitable smooth surface to support the arm at theelbow, or just back of it, and a bar cast solid with the concave portionand extended across the top of the jar-box,v and provided at theA lowerportion at each end with'a hook which engages the projecting lid to saidbox and 4holds the arm-support properly in place. The

arm-support and its attaching-bar consist, substantially,l of two ribsunited to form an angle, with the hooks formed of the same Width as thetop rib, that they, may have suitable bearing on the lidof said box, andthe face of the arm-support is recessed, that letl ters, gures, or anornament maybe set there= in. By means of said rib portions on theattaching-bar a space is formed between them and the wall H, supportingthe jar-box, for holding a pencil or the edge of the'telephonedirectory.

A represents the jar-box of a telephone, and B its lid.

C L represents lthe attaching-bar, which is provided at its ends withhooks I J, for engaging the projecting ends of the lid B and holding thebar securely to the box. The hooks are made of the same Width,substantially, as the top D of the arm-support D E,

that said support may be held vertical.

, The jar-boxes areuniformly made of one pattern, so, with one-sizeddistance G G between the bar and hooks, can be made to engage any lid Bwith little or no fitting of the Wood. n

It will be seen that the vertical rib E of the arm-support and the rib Lof the attaching-bar are continuous,L except at the hooks, which have aprojection equal or more to the Width of the horizontal rib C. By thismeans cast-iron can be employed in the lmanufacture of the device, andconsequently pro= duce a very cheap support and one Well adapted foruse, and the face of it may be or= namented in any style desired, andthe support D, being a segment in form, prevents the arm from having alateral movement, and as a result the receiver canbe held very steadilyto the ear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. An armsupport for telephones, consiste ing of the segment portion DE, terminating in an attaching-bar, and a hook at each end of the samefor engaging the lid of the jar= box, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The segment-support D E, and attach-A ing-bar formed incross-'section of a horizon=l tal and vertical rib, andA the barprovided with hooks at its under end portions, and the hooks projectinginward from the vertical rib, substantially as specified.

CLARENCE R. TUTTLE.

Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, l ANNA D. JOHNSON.

